Thursday, 19 January 2017

In many
cultures the word for heart is synonymous with mind, and wisdom is understood
as centered in the heart. This workshop will explore the physical, emotional,
spiritual and mental dimensions of the heart and introduce somatic processes
that expand heart awareness. We will draw on heart teachings from Indigenous,
Buddhist and Christian traditions that support the felt sense of the loving
compassionate heart. The workshop will include experiential anatomy of the
heart, embodied meditation, art-making and movement.

Bring your own lunch or visit the coffee shop next door for
soup and sandwiches. Light refreshments will be provided.Facilitators:

Denise Nadeau (MDiv, DMin) is a dance-movement therapist, spiritual
companion, and educator whose work in the past twenty years has combined
expressive arts with spiritual practice in the recovery of the sacredness of
the body.

Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Opening to the Wisdom of the Heart

In many cultures the word for heart is synonymous
with mind and wisdom is understood as centered in the heart. This workshop will explore the physical,
emotional, spiritual and mental dimensions of the heart and introduce a somatic
process for opening the heart. We will draw on heart teachings from Indigenous,
Buddhist and Christian traditions that support the expansion of the felt sense
of the loving compassionate heart. The workshop will include experiential
anatomy of the heart, embodied meditation, art-making and movement.

Denise
Nadeau is a dance-movement therapist, spiritual companion, and educator
whose work in the past twenty years has
combined expressive arts with spiritual practice in the recovery of the
sacredness of the body. She has
worked in many interfaith and intercultural contexts.

Alison
Fox
is a creative arts therapist, counselor, nurse and educator, specializing in
creative approaches to trauma recovery, grief and loss, end-of-life issues, and
community healing processes. Formerly
based in Iqaluit NU, Alison has been moving back and forth between the Comox
Valley and the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut.

Preregistration
required by October 1. To register or for more information: contact Denise at dnadeau@shaw.ca
or at 250-871-2401.

A Pause for Presence

"The
rush and pressure of modern life … [allowing] oneself to be carried away by a
multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit
oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything … . neutralizes our work
for peace … our own inner capacity for peace … the fruitfulness of our own
work.” (Thomas Merton)

This six session program explores ways to step
outside of a pressured way of living, to pause in the present moment, and to
move from “doing” to “being.” It will
bring together embodied meditation, movement, art therapy and sensation
awareness with principles of mindfulness and teachings on the pause from
different faith traditions. It is open
to people of any or no faith affiliation.

Denise Nadeau (MDiv, DMin) is a
dance-movement therapist, spiritual companion, and educator whose work in the
past twenty years has combined expressive arts with spiritual practice in the
recovery of the sacredness of the body.

Nicole Crouch is a guest facilitator for one session. Nicole is an art therapist living in
the Comox Valley.
She has a Masters in Creative Arts Therapies from Concordia
University. She has
been working in the arts and in community development for
over ten years.

Friday, 26 February 2016

"The
rush and pressure of modern life … [allowing] oneself to be carried away by a
multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit
oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything … .neutralizes our work
for peace … our own inner capacity for peace … the fruitfulness of our own
work.” (Thomas Merton)

This one day workshop explores how to step outside
of this pressured way of living, to pause in the present moment, and to move
from “doing” to “being.”It will bring
together embodied meditation, movement, and sensation awareness with principles
of mindfulness and teachings on the pause from different faith traditions.It is open to people of any or no faith
affiliation.

Denise Nadeau (MDiv, DMin) is a
dance-movement therapist, spiritual companion, and educator whose work in the
past twenty years has combined expressive arts with spiritual practice in the
recovery of the sacredness of the body.

Friday, 18 December 2015

Opening to the
Wisdom of the Heart

In many cultures the word for
heart is synonymous
with mind, and wisdom is understood as centered in the
heart. This workshop
will explore the physical, emotional, spiritual and mental
dimensions of the
heart and introduce somatic processes that expand heart
awareness. We will draw
on heart teachings from Indigenous, Buddhist and Christian
traditions that
support the felt sense of the loving compassionate heart.
The workshop will
include experiential anatomy of the heart, embodied
meditation, art-making and
movement.

Bring your own lunch or visit the coffee
shop next door for soup and sandwiches.
Light refreshments will be provided.Facilitators:

Denise Nadeau is a
dance-movement therapist,
spiritual companion, and educator whose work in the past
twenty years has
combined expressive arts with spiritual practice in the
recovery of the
sacredness of the body. She has trained in BodyMind
Psychotherapy, the Halprin
Life-Art Process, and Relational Trauma Therapy, and has
worked in many
interfaith and intercultural contexts. She has discovered
that the healing of
the heart involves an embodied spiritual practice.

Nicole Crouch is an art therapist living in
the Comox Valley.
She has a Masters in Creative Arts Therapies from Concordia
University. She has
been working in the arts and in community development for
over ten years. She
believes that the heart speaks in dreams and images. And
that making art about
these can help connect to the language of the heart.

Moving With Spirit: Wellness With Heart and Art

Moving with Spirit offers programs that support wellness and community strength through dance, body-based therapies, expressive arts, and spiritual practices. These develop the healthy integration of body, mind, spirit and emotions and provide balance in our relationships with the human and non-human world.